MFW12 JURY BOARD
The Minikino Film Week 12 Jury Board brings together a distinguished panel of art, literature, and film professionals representing diverse nationalities, disciplines, and perspectives.
This year, our jury takes on an exciting and expanded role, dedicating their expertise to choosing the winners for both our National and International Competitions, as well as the adrenalin pumping Begadang 10 Tahun filmmaking competition.
The board will be invited to preview a premier selection of nominated short films ahead of the festival. For the National Competition, they are set to evaluate Indonesian productions that successfully advance through the 2026 Official Selection and the Indonesia Raja 2026 regional programming networks. Concurrently, they will deliberate on the global cinematic standouts nominated for the prestigious MFW12 Awards.
The final, definitive decisions will be made during the festival week following closed-door deliberation meetings among the jury members.
Minikino Film Week 12 is deeply honored to present this year’s Jury Board:
GIE SANJAYA
Gie Sanjaya is an independent curator and researcher whose practice focuses on knowledge production as a form of regeneration. Her work explores how curatorial frameworks can activate museum collections, cultural memory, and contemporary practices through interdisciplinary and participatory approaches. She is the founder of Kids Biennale Indonesia and Creativite Indonesia, developing platforms that position children, youth, and communities as active cultural agents. Her work bridges museum, heritage, and public engagement, contributing to more inclusive and dynamic cultural ecosystems.
MELLISA BOUCHARD
Melissa Bouchard is Head of Programming at REGARD – Saguenay International Short Film Festival (Quebec, Canada). With over 20 years of experience in the international short film sector, she began her career as a director and editor before moving into curation. She joined REGARD in 2009 and now oversees its programming and artistic direction. Under her leadership, the Oscar-qualifying festival has strengthened its position as a major North American platform for short cinema, presenting over 200 films annually and hosting Quebec’s only short film market.
PATRICK CAMPOS
Patrick F. Campos is a film scholar, programmer-curator, and professor based at the University of the Philippines Film Institute. He is the chief editor of Pelikula: A Journal of Philippine Cinema and Moving Image, and is the author of The End of National Cinema: Filipino Film at the Turn of the Century. Campos is also the programmer of the Tingin Southeast Asian Film Festival in Manila and co-organizer of the itinerant biennial Association for Southeast Asian Cinemas Conference (ASEACC), and also a member of NETPAC (Network for the Promotion of Asian Cinema) and FIPRESCI (International Federation of Film Critics).
MFW12 YOUTH JURY BOARD
The Minikino Film Week 12 Youth Jury Board is composed from last year’s Minikino Film Festival Writers Internship 2025.
Building on their last year experience and networking during their internship, the participants will further hone their acquired knowledge and insight as jury members. The Youth Jury Board will decide on one film to be the Youth Jury Award Winner 2025.
Minikino Film Week 12 proudly present the 2026 Youth Jury members:
AUDIE WANG
Audie was born in Surabaya, raised in Jakarta and Denpasar, and feels home wherever there’s a movie screen. Between his studies at Petra Christian University’s English for Creative Industry Program and work training Indonesia’s next generation of debate athletes, he writes about the intersection of cinema, history, sociology, and the environment on various online platforms. He interned as a Film Festival Writer at Minikino Film Week 11, and is currently writing his undergraduate thesis about the use of fairy tale elements in Kokokan Mencari Arumbawangi, a children’s novel about agricultural conflict in Bali.
HESTY NURUL KUSUMANINGTYAS
Tyas is a teacher and writer based in Klaten, currently pursuing a master’s degree in Cultural and Media Studies at Gadjah Mada University. She has been writing children’s books since junior high school and started writing about movie since undergraduate school. She has been involved as a writer for Festival Film Dokumenter since 2022 and joined Minikino Film Week as a hybrid intern writer in 2025. Recently, her work has focused on exploring youth precarity and agency. She believes that story, in any possible way, can serve as a tool to make sense of the world today and to dream of a better one, one day.
HILMI REYHAN
Hilmi is a writer, researcher, and cultural worker based in Yogyakarta. With an education background in anthropology, his work engages with issues of art and culture, with particular interests in digitalization, cultural heritage, and decolonization. He was previously part of the Minikino Film Week 11 Hybrid Festival Film Writers cohort, through which he explored the interconnectivity and potential of short film festivals within the broader cinema ecosystem. Hilmi believes that the space and medium of cinema must be nurtured and made accessible to everyone.
RAHMANIA NERVA
Rara is a Russian Studies graduate from University of Indonesia. She studied film non-formally within Milisifilem Collective in Jakarta where she learned about visual language, film criticism, and film programs curation. She also made her debut experimental audiovisual Alur Alir (2024) during her study that has been screened at various film festivals. Aside from Aside from film, Rara is also interested in literature, which influences many of her artworks. Rara has been a festival film writer at ARKIPEL – Jakarta International Documentary & Experimental Film Festival and Minikino Film Week 11.